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proposals, and assess the current status

of maritime heritage at the national level

and recommend appropriate changes,

actions, and priorities.

Part of the meeting may be closed to

the public. Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 5404(j)

the Committee has the authority to close

a Committee meeting by majority vote.

A vote will be taken regarding whether

to close the meeting, and the meeting

may be closed thereafter. Any member

of the public may file, for consideration

by the Committee, a written statement

concerning matters to be discussed.

Statements should be submitted to

Kevin Foster, Chief, National Maritime

Initiative (2280), National Park Service,

1849 C Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

20240.

Barry Mackintosh,

Acting Chief Historian.

[FR Doc. 98–17310 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent To Update National

Park Service Policies for Managing the

National Park System

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) is updating its policies for

managing the National Park System. The

policies are contained in Part One of a

document titled Management Policies,

which was last published in 1988.

Interested parties are invited to provide

information or suggestions that should

be considered by the NPS. The NPS

expects to have a draft of the updated

Management Policies available for

public review and comment by

December 30, 1998.

DATES: Information from interested

parties will be accepted until August 15,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Send information or

suggestions to Bernard Fagan, National

Park Service, Office of Policy, 1849 C

Street NW, Room 3230., Washington,

D.C. 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Fagan at (202) 208–7469.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS

is updating the policies that guide

management of the National Park

System. The policies are contained in

Part One of a document titled

Management Policies. In the 10 years

since the document was last published,

new laws, new technologies, new

understandings of the living and nonliving environment, and changes in our

society have evolved to the point where

the NPS’s 1988 policies must be reexamined and updated where necessary.

Some of those 1988 policies have been

updated more recently through

Director’s Orders, which have been

made available for public review and

comment. Organizations and

individuals with an interest in NPS

Management Policies are invited to

provide information or suggestions that

should be considered by the NPS during

the review process. The 1988 edition of

NPS Management Policies that will be

updated is posted on the Internet at

<http://www.nps. gov/planning/

mngmtplc/npsmptoc.html>. If you are

not able to access this information by

Internet and would like to receive a

copy through the mail, please contact

Bernard Fagan at the address listed

above. The NPS expects to have a draft

of the updated Management Policies

available for public review and

comment by December 30, 1998. It also

will be posted on the NPS Internet site.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

Loran G. Fraser,

Chief, Office of Policy.

[FR Doc. 98–17375 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items from New Mexico in the

Possession of the Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,

Santa Fe, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of

the intent to repatriate cultural items in

the possession of the Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,

Santa Fe, NM which meet the definition

of ‘‘sacred object’’ and ‘‘object of

cultural patrimony’’ under Section 2 of

the Act.

The seven cultural items are ceramic

water vials, decorated with black

geometric designs on a white slip.

Between 1920 and 1922, Edgar L.

Hewett of the Museum of New Mexico

acquired these cultural items from

Antonia Tapia, a Rain Priest at the

Pueblo of Pojoaque, also known as

Posuwage. These objects are now in the

collection of the Museum of Indian Arts

and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico.

The cultural affiliation of these

cultural items is clearly Pojoaque

Pueblo as indicated through

ethnographic description, museum

records, and consultation with

representatives of the Pueblo of

Pojoaque. Representatives of the Pueblo

of Pojoaque have also stated that these

seven cultural items have ongoing

historical, traditional, and cultural

importance central to the tribe itsel, and

no individual had or has the right to

alienate them.

Officials of the Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (d)(4), these seven cultural

items have ongoing historical,

traditional, and cultural importance

central to the tribe itself, and could not

have been alienated, appropriated, or

conveyed by any individual.

The three cultural items consist of

two carved fetish stones and a ceramic

cloud blower pipe.

The only information available in

museum records regarding these

cultural items is that they were

recovered from site LA 61, a known precontact component of the Pueblo of

Pojoaque based on material culture and

architecture.

The cultural affiliation of these

cultural items is clearly Pojoaque

Pueblo as indicated through

ethnographic information, museum

records, and consultation with

representatives of the Pueblo of

Pojoaque. Representatives of the Pueblo

of Pojoaque also state that these three

cultural items are needed by traditional

Native American religious leaders for

the practice of traditional religions by

present-day adherents.

Officials of the Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (d)(3), these three cultural

items are specific ceremonial objects

needed by traditional Native American

religious leaders for the practice of

traditional Native American religions by

their present-day adherents.

Officials of the Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico

have also determined that, pursuant to

43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these 10

items and the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally
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affiliated with these objects should

contact Patiricia House, Director,

Museum of Indian Arts and Cultures/

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of

New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe,

NM 87504–2087; telephone: (505) 827–

6344 before July 30, 1998. Repatriation

of these objects to the Pueblo of

Pojoaque may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: June 23, 1998.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 98–17311 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from New

Mexico in the Possession of the

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum

of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the Museum of

Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,

Santa Fe, NM.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Pueblo of Pojoaque.

In 1953, human remains representing

two individuals were removed from the

Pojoaque Grant site (LA 835) during

legally authorized excavations under a

National Park Service Federal

Antiquities permit by Museum of New

Mexico staff during a New Mexico State

Highway and Transportation

Department work project. No known

individuals were identified. The two

associated funerary objects are ceramic

vessels.

Based on the associated funerary

objects and other cultural material

present, the Pojoaque Grant site has

been identified as an Ancestral

Puebloan site, occupied between 850—

1100 A.D. Further, this site is located on

Pueblo of Pojoaque tribal lands. Based

on material culture, continuity of

occupation, and oral history presented

by representatives of the Pueblo of

Pojoaque, this site is affiliated with the

present-day Pueblo of Pojoaque.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Museum of

Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of two individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/

Laboratory of Anthropology have also

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the two objects listed above

are reasonably believed to have been

placed with or near individual human

remains at the time of death or later as

part of the death rite or ceremony.

Lastly, officials of the Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a

relationship of shared group identity

which can be reasonably traced between

these Native American human remains

and associated funerary objects and the

Pueblo of Pojoaque.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Patricia House, Director,

Museum of Indian Arts and Cultures/

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of

New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe,

NM 87504–2087; telephone: (505) 827–

6344; before July 30, 1998. Repatriation

of the human remains and associated

funerary objects to the Pueblo of

Pojoaque may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: June 23, 1998.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 98–17312 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Department of

Justice Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR

19029, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is

hereby given that on June 25, 1998, a

proposed Consent Decree was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the District of Montana in United States

et al. v. Crown Butte Mines, Inc. et al.,

Civil Action No. CV–98–91–BLG–JDS.

the proposed Consent Decree: (1) settles

claims asserted by the United States and

the State of Montana arising out of the

release or threat of release of hazardous

substances attributable to mining related

activities on certain lands located

within the New World Mining District

in western Montana (the ‘‘Site’’); (2)

settles claims asserted in a related

action also pending in the same court

styled Beartooth Alliance et al. v. Crown

Butte Mines, Inc et al., Cause No. CV

93–154–BLG–JDS; and (3) satisfies and

effectuates an agreement in principle

entered August 12, 1996, between the

United States, the Settling Defendants,

and certain public interest groups

relating to the termination of efforts to

open a proposed gold mine in the New

World Mining District (the ‘‘August 12

Agreement’’).

The defendants in the action brought

by the United States and the State are

Crown Butte Mines, Inc. and Crown

Butte Resources Ltd (collectively

referred to as ‘‘Crown Butte’’). The

Complaint filed by the United States

and the State asserts claims on behalf of

both governments under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (‘‘CERCLA’’)

and asserts claims on behalf of the State

pursuant to the Montana

Comprehensive Environmental Cleanup

and Responsibility Act, Title 75,

Chapter 10, part 7, M.C.A. (‘‘CECRA’’),

to recover costs incurred in connection

with response actions taken or to be

taken at the Site, for recovery for

injuries to natural resources, and to

obtain injunctive relief requiring the

defendants to take further response and/

or restoration actions at the Site.

Simultaneously with the filing of the

Complaint, the United States and the

State moved the Court to consolidate

their action with the Beartooth Alliance

et al. action. In that action, Beartooth

Alliance, Greater Yellowstone Coalition,

Northern Plains Resource Council,

Northwest Wyoming Resource Council,

Sierra Club, Gallatin Wildlife

Association, Wyoming Wildlife

Federation, Montana Wildlife

Federation, and Wyoming Outdoor

Council, all not for profit corporations

(collectively referred to herein as

‘‘GYC’’), brought claims against Crown

Butte, Noranda Minerals Corp., Noranda

Exploration, Inc., and Noranda Inc.

alleging that the defendants were

discharging pollutants into navigable

waters of the United States from point

sources in the New World Mining

District in violation of Section 301(a) of